One day I’m gonna get around to making a list of strange Thai fruits and herbs for you guys, but today you have to settle for a small introduction to the santol fruit. There’s too many names for this yellow skinned, fleshy fruit to list here. In Thai it’s called kraton (กระท้อน), but it’s more commonly called […]

This rib recipe is inspired by the flavor of Thai ‘moo kratiem prik thai dam‘ (หมูกระเทียมพริกไทยดำ) or Thailand’s garlic and pepper infused pork dishes. When a few friends visiting from China came over recently, they requested we make Thai food, and I grabbed some really generic ribs from Gourmet Market and went to work. Since this […]

I love Thailand’s hoy tod or batter fried oyster and mussels! The dish of Chinese origin often outranks pad thai in terms of local following, but internationally few people outside of Chinese communities know of it. It’s crispy, it’s mushy, it’s slimy and about four other textures and I’ve made my case for why it’s […]

Pretty soon I may start having dreams about stir fried basil. I’ve written about seeing the dish, commonly known by it’s Thai name ‘pad krapow‘, leveled up and made with Australian lamb at Soul Food. We taught you how to fire it up street food style in all it’s the steamy glory on Eating Thai Food. […]

Here’s a hot weekend photo for you of an overweight plate of —- believe it or not —- SALAD. This isn’t the first time I’ve shared a salad photo, but I feel like you’ll think this one is somewhat different. True, it’s not a vegetarian salad, nor a giant western style salad either. It’s a Thai style […]